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Caffeine

Definition

Caffeine

Caffeine, a naturally occurring chemical stimulant found in food and drink, is the world’s most widely consumed legal psychoactive drug

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Life

Fish are becoming addicted to methamphetamines seeping into rivers

News

Quantum microscope can examine cells in unprecedented detail

Technology

Quantum microscope can examine cells in unprecedented detail

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Environment

Colorado's legal cannabis farms emit more carbon than its coal mines

News

Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

Health

Benefits of microdosing psychedelic drugs may be due to placebo effect

News

What is the placebo effect?

Definition

The placebo effect

Jamie Dornan (left) and Anthony Mackie (right)

Mind

Synchronic review: A genuinely hair-raising time travel thriller

Culture

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Technology

Smart speakers could hear your heart beating from across the room

News

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Health

Potent new antifungal discovered in the microbiome of marine animals

News

Lawyers and protestors

Health

Record $8 billion payout won’t turn back the clock on US opioid crisis

Purdue Pharma pleaded guilty and agreed an $8.3 billion settlement to a long-running lawsuit over actions that fuelled the US opioid crisis

Analysis

Health

Minimum alcohol pricing could reduce alcohol-linked deaths in Canada

News

Technology

Elon Musk demonstrated a Neuralink brain implant in a live pig

News

Health

Coating our gut walls with glue could treat lactose intolerance

News

Technology

AI mimics the way doctors think to make better medical diagnoses

News